PL3CLN3: Clinical Studies 3

Module code: PL3CLN3

Module provider: Clinical Language Sciences; Sch of Psych and CLS

Credits: 40

Level: Level 3 (Honours)

When you'll be taught: Semester 1 / 2

Module convenor: Miss Milly Heelan, email: a.heelan@reading.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s): BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST ( TAKE PL2CLN2 OR TAKE PL2CLIN2 ) AND ( TAKE PL2SLC2 OR TAKE PL2SLCD2 ) (Compulsory)

Co-requisite module(s): IN THE SAME YEAR AS TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST TAKE PL3SLC3 AND TAKE PL3SLC4 (Compulsory)

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: Micro placement

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list: Yes

Last updated: 2 October 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

To integrate academic knowledge with developing clinical skills within a clinical environment and to develop clinical competencies in assessment and management across the lifespan 

Aims: 

The students should be able to assess, diagnose and treat speech, language communication and eating, drinking and swallowing conditions in adults using appropriate clinical skills and evidence based practice in a safe, holistic and culturally appropriate manner. The students will demonstrate competency levels in all these areas, developing towards graduate level entry to the speech and language therapy profession .

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to: 

1. Evidence critically appraised assessment and management of a client’s clinical needs in a safe, holistic, inclusive and non discriminatory manner, with the client at the centre of the process 
2. Justify assessment and therapeutic decisions relative to the research evidence and to models of speech and language therapy service delivery via clinical decision making. 
3. Evidence development of appropriate professional skills including critically reflective practice, leadership skills and clinical and professional competencies adhering to HCPC standards of proficiency and Conduct Performance and Ethics 
4. Measure and evaluate the effectiveness of intervention demonstrating an understanding of the need to adapt practise to meet the needs of different groups and individuals. 
5. Produce effective, context sensitive professional written and spoken communications to service users, their relatives and carers, colleagues and others;across a range of settings 

Module content

Clinical Practice: students will enagage in a variety of clinical practice opportunities and activities (simulation, clinical reasoning and clinical practice in different settings.) with adult populations in Semesters one and two. Average hours will vary across terms.  Students will develop independence in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of a range of clients in an inclusive and non discriminatory manner across a range of settings with support from their practice educators, particularly ensuring that the clients/carers/relatives are partners in these processes. 
 
Lectures: look further at the process of assessment, data analysis, and individualised evidence based intervention and best practice within clinical practice and establish further the theoretical and practical basis for the development of relevant professional skills such as counselling, and leadership skills. 

Clinical tutorial and Clinical Skills seminars: both prepare and support the students for clinical practice, considering the development of skills within the framework of the relevant HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics. Reflective practice skills are developed within the adult population along with clinical reasoning and clinical decision making and the ability to adapt practice to the individual.  Further development of professionalism and communication skills as well as service delivery considerations within the context of social, health and education settings are addressed. 

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

The module comprises a varied approach to teaching and learning, utilising lectures, seminars, small group teaching, online resources, clinical placements and a focus on case based learning across all teaching environments. 

Study hours

At least 54 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

Students need to achieve all of the following to pass this module:

1. A pass in each clinical practice placement supervisor assessment
2. An overall module mark of 40%

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

Assessments with numerical marks

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three working days;
• the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf

You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

Group work in class provides opportunities to receive peer feedback on case presentations and development of assessmentand clinical reasoning skills, as assessed in the summative assessment for the module. 

Reassessment

Additional costs